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大象传媒3 online only; Vice news launches; net neutrality

Vice launches a news website, the cases for and against net neutrality, and would making 大象传媒3 an online-only channel really save money? Media news with Steve Hewlett.

Reports say that the 大象传媒 is considering making 大象传媒3 a wholly online channel, following a speech given by 大象传媒 director general Tony Hall last week in which he said "tough choices" would have to be made if the corporation is to make savings. We get the latest from Broadcast magazine editor Chris Curtis, on whether the move would go any way at all towards delivering Lord Hall's 拢100m savings target by 2016.

Born twenty years a go as an indie magazine in Canada, Vice has grown into a multimedia offering which now claims a billion video views a year. This week, it launched another website dedicated to news content, which features reports from countries including Ukraine, Lebanon and Venezuela. Vice Media CEO and founder Shane Smith talks about growing the organisation and his influential backers.

Netflix has agreed to pay Comcast, the largest home Internet carrier in the US, to ensure its online videos are streamed smoothly to households. The deal has raised questions among advocates of 'net neutrality' - the concept that all traffic on the internet should be treated equally. Emily Bell, Director of Tow Centre for Digital Journalism at Columbia J School, former Ofcom director Kip Meek, and Neelie Kroes Vice President of the European Commission, discuss some of the arguments for and against net neutrality.

Producer: Katy Takatsuki
Editor: Andrew Smith.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • 大象传媒 Three to become an online channel

    With Chris Curtis, Editor of Broadcast and David Elstein, former Channel 5 executive.

    Duration: 08:16

  • The launch of Vice news

    The founder Shane Smith on its latest offering

    Duration: 07:02

  • Net neutrality - should all internet traffic be treated equally?

    With Neelie Kroes, Emily Bell and Kip Meek

    Duration: 10:54

Broadcast

  • Wed 5 Mar 2014 16:30

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